Recent advances in the areas of steroidal and non-steroidal anti inflammatory agents, including issues such as selective cox2 inhibition, eicosanoids, prostalagndins, thromboxans, cyokines, and leukotrienes and their respective inhibitors. Furthermore, focus will be also directed towards steroidal anti-inflammatories including their intriguing SAR properties. Moreover, recent advances in antiallergenic anti-histamines and various histamine receptors will also be coverd.